Keep UK Golf Courses Open

Keep golf courses in the UK open, with social distancing measures in place. If the public are still allowed to walk around parks, forests and beaches, golf should be able to continue with responsible boundaries and rules implemented.

This petition was rejected on 12th May 2020 as it duplicates an existing petition

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Measures could include shallow holes to pick ball out without touching the hole, no touching the flags/leaving them in on all greens, no rakes in bunkers, 20 minutes between tee times, 1 group at any time on the tee box, 1balls only or 2balls if they live in the same house.